draliman on life

Here is my post for Melanie’s Share Your World.

What’s the most useful thing you know?
How to find the toilet.

What impact do you think it would have on the world if bananas were illegal?
Bananas? Illegal? What madness is this? What mad despot has passed this law?

I expect it would make quite a difference to the banana growers and pickers.

What social stigma does society need to just get over?
Wearing red and green at the same time. Okay, it’s not nice, it makes you look like a Christmas elf, but just get over it, people.

Do you prefer the moral viewpoint of consequentialism, which focuses on the consequences of actions, or deontology, which focuses on the innate rightness or wrongness of the actions themselves?
This sounds like “do people avoid wrongdoing because they’re afraid of getting into trouble, or because it’s actually wrong”. The latter is preferable, we have laws and police for the former.

Here is my post for Melanie’s Share Your World.

Which traditional Valentine’s Day gift would you rather receive: chocolates, flowers, or a card with a personal message?
I’d like a card with a personal message. And chocolates to seal the deal. I literally don’t have a free surface to put flowers on.

Do you like romantic movies?
Yes, if they’re also comedies, for example “There’s Something About Mary”, that kind of thing. Otherwise they’re just boring.

Is Valentine’s Day only about romantic love? Or is it a good occasion to celebrate friendship as well?
Let’s keep it to romantic love. We’ve just had Christmas with all its expense and expectations, let’s not expand yet another day out of control.

According to Wiki (font of all knowledge) St Valentine is also the patron saint of beekeepers. So let’s show some love for the keepers of our stingy little insectoid friends.

How do you deal with unwanted romantic attention?
I’ll let you know if it ever happens.

Here is my post for Melanie’s Share Your World.

What would be the most surprising scientific discovery imaginable?
That we’re all actually robots, with perception filters to make us all believe we’re organic.

You’re going to worry about that all day now, aren’t you bwhahahaha 🙂

If aliens landed on earth tomorrow and offered to take you home with them, would you go?
No. I’m sure they’d have ulterior motives. I wouldn’t want to sign a “take me with you” permission slip only to end up in an alien zoo 😮

What breed of dog would you be? If you’re more a cat person – what breed of cat?
I’d just want to be a moggie, no particular breed. They’re far cuter than most breeds, and the cuter and fluffier you are, the more food and treats you get 🙂

Bubble gum? Yea or nay?
Nay. I used it as a kid, but it gets everywhere, sticks to everything and then you have to work out how to get rid of it.

Here is my post for Melanie’s Share Your World.

What is one topic you love to talk about?
My mind has suddenly gone blank. Which probably means there isn’t anything specific. I expect I’m a conversation leech, latching onto other people’s conversations and making them my own. You know, that guy at the party who steams in and arrogantly offers unsolicited advice on a topic he knows nothing about.

Suppose there was a magical wizard standing right in front of you and you could turn your life into anything you wanted, what would you do?
Ooh, I’d get him to make me half an inch taller. That would sort me out nicely.

Or maybe my “usual” – Lord Master of the Universe. Hard to choose between those two.

Could you adjust to life without any internet?
Yes. We never had any of that when I was growing up. I’d prefer we had it, but I could adjust to life without it. I’m assuming here the “World Wide Web” rather than the “internet”. Obviously the WWW needs the internet to work, but the internet’s just wires and devices, so not so useful by itself.

What do you think is unique about the human ‘animal’ (homo sapiens)?
I used to think it was it was our “ability” to hurt others “just because”, but apparently various animal species do that as well so we’ve lost our one defining unique feature.

So, um… wearing clothes?

Here is my post for Melanie’s Share Your World.

What’s the worst day of the week for you? Why?
Tricky. Monday’s pretty bad because the week has hardly begun. Tuesday’s got the week properly started but there’s loads to go. Wednesday is halfway through! Thursday’s a good way through the week but there’s the lingering thought that it’s not Friday. Then Friday arrives!

I reckon Monday or Tuesday.

Would you ever consider posing naked or semi-naked for the camera or a live audience (acting in a play)?
With my bod and stunning movie star looks? It would be a crime not too.

😉

With the recent energy crisis here in the UK, would you prefer electric, gas, oil or some other means of heating your home?
I would prefer some sort of efficient eco-friendly solution but since I’m not rich I’ll have to stick with electricity.

In your household, who takes care of the bills, taxes, and other financial stuff? Is one person responsible or is it a shared chore?
I took care of setting up the direct debits and now they take care of themselves. The government takes care of the taxes, I’m not self-employed so I don’t have to do anything myself.

If you can have any one job (real or fiction) in the galaxy (yes, the galaxy, I’m widening the search radius, imagining relocation to other planets possible), what is that job?
Intergalactic Traffic Enforcement Officer. “You can’t park your flying saucer here, mate, this is a no-parking moon.”